CHAPEL HILL — For those trying to build a four-story residence for 140 students at the corner of Rosemary and Church streets, the third time is a charm. Those opposed to it say they don’t feel so lucky.
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A lifetime of civility
UNC Kenan Professor Emeritus Dan Pollitt died last Friday at the age of 88 after a brief period of declining health, characteristically gracious and kind through it all, reassuring his caretakers and warmly greeting the tide of friends and family who gathered at his side.
Council seeks help on vacancies
When members of the Chapel Hill Town Council sit down to discuss issues with the local legislative delegation this morning, they’ll bring an additional request beyond the usual fiscal and planning matters.
Affordable-housing changes studied
Kirk Ross Staff Writer Carrboro — Affordable-housing rules changes being studied in Chapel Hill could lead to similar changes for rules in Carrboro. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen, in a meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall, agreed to look at Chapel Hill’s effort to enact inclusionary zoning and consider whether such a method might work…
Higher prices for fast food, soda lead to weight reductions, lower diabetes risk
UNC News Services CHAPEL HILL – A new study that followed participants for 20 years shows both weight and risk for diabetes decreased for people in communities where fast-food prices increased. A UNC study, published in the March 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, also showed the reverse – when fast-food prices fell, consumption,…
Time out on Bolin Creek
The first thing to keep in mind about the now very hot issue of a proposed greenway along northern stretches of Bolin Creek is that we are several years away from seeing funding and approval for anything. The second thing is that good people on both sides have strongly held views and detailed reasons to…
The inconsistent rhetoric of Blue Cross
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Vice President Genie Komives and lobbyist Mark Fleming both appeared recently before a legislative study committee to oppose legislation that would require insurance companies to cover more comprehensive treatments and therapies for children with autism.
A political conspiracy to endanger women’s health
Paige Johnson It seems like a conspiracy plot straight out of a Margaret Atwood novel. Within the course of two weeks, mostly behind closed doors, politicians, bureaucrats and trustees strip reproductive health coverage from insurance plans covering thousands of female employees. It sounds like fantasy fiction, but the assault on reproductive health care coverage in…
Creek debate reveals divide
James Carnahan A comment by Chris Bond on The Carrboro Citizen website about Dave Otto’s recent column regarding Bolin Creek Greenway (“The façade of saving Bolin Creek,†2/25/10) sums up a larger issue that divides our community: “Instead of using ‘increasingly urban environment’ as justification for paving the forests, use it as justification to stop…
McDougle forges bond with Jamaican school
By Kate Griesmann Staff Writer During the time that Alethia Wheatle taught at McDougle Elementary, she learned a great deal about literacy. Wheatle, who was a Visiting International Faculty (VIF) teacher, taught at McDougle for three years before returning to her home country of Jamaica. Upon her return, Wheatle contacted McDougle and commented on how…
High school art students exhibit for a cause
Latisha Catchatoorian Courtesy of the Carrboro Commons Jack Watson, an art teacher at Chapel Hill High School, had an idea. Take the events of Haiti and turn them into inspiration for a class art project. Then take that art project and turn it into a fundraiser for the earthquake-ravaged country. At least $800 has been…
Remember your flu shot on Saturday
The Orange County Health Department and the Town of Carrboro are teaming up to offer free H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines at Town Hall in honor of the late Tom Robinson. Robinson, whose Carrboro-based seafood market is a downtown landmark, died last month from pneumonia caused by H1N1. The vaccine clinic will be held at…
Towns to hold public forum on Google
The towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and UNC have teamed up to apply for Google’s ultra high-speed Internet project and hope to build support for the effort at a public forum scheduled for Monday at 7 p.m. at Chapel Hill Town Hall. In early February, Google announced the initiative to deploy and test fiber…
Hackney to be honored by PFADP
House Speaker Joe Hackney, who represents all of Chatham and parts of Orange and Moore counties, will be honored by People of Faith Against the Death Penalty for his work in passing the North Carolina Racial Justice Act. Hackney, a former assistant district attorney for Orange and Chatham counties, helped steer the legislation through the…
County saves $1 million in refinancing
Orange County announced this week that it had refinanced existing bonds for a total savings of over $1.1 million dollars. Representatives from the county and its bond counsel closed on the sale of $22,455,000 in General Obligation Bonds originally issued in 2001 and 2003 at an interest rate ranging from 4 percent to 4.7 percent….

